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CHILD / LATER FORM / attestedOld English · Old English, before 1150 · cardinal number

tīen / tēn

ten

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic reconstruction, c. 500 BCE–200 CE · cardinal number

*tehun

ten

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SOUND CHANGE

Old English tīen and tēn continue Germanic *tehun through West Germanic consonant loss and vowel development.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

The numeral meaning remains ten.

CHRONOLOGY

Proto-Germanic to Old English.

SCHOLAR / EDITORIAL AUTHORITY

Merriam-Webster Editors

CONFIDENCE

probable — The Germanic and Old English forms are given, while this edge summarizes multiple regular developments rather than one spelling substitution.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

CITATION REGISTER

SOURCES ON THIS EDGE

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Ten — Definition and Word HistoryWord History: Etymology

Aligns Old English with reconstructed Germanic *tehun and cognate Germanic forms.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

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RELATION / 222ten

tīen / tēn → *tehun

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